Word: prosecutors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...change in Mills. They have become concerned about his erratic behavior and heavy drinking as his once distinguished career has foundered. His difficulties began three years ago when he made an abortive run for the presidency and took it seriously, though other Democrats did not. More recently, the Watergate prosecutor and a grand jury have quizzed Mills' staffers on illegal gifts to that campaign from milk cooperatives...
Whether Nixon's doctors will agree with this is not at all certain. Many of the lawyers preparing for the Washington trial assume that medical reasons will be found to keep Nixon from having to respond to subpoenas from both Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski and one of the defendants, John Ehrlichman. But with jury selection expected to take at least a week and the prosecution needing ample time to begin laying out its case, the issue does not have to be immediately joined. Particularly from the prosecution's viewpoint, Nixon's testimony is far from critical...
...Star management and staff, and many others in Indianapolis, regard the charge as a spurious attempt to discredit the exposes. Pearcy is up for re-election this fall, and though the Star usually supports Republicans, it has attacked his record. "This is a trumped-up affair and the prosecutor knows it," says Managing Editor Robert Early. "It's nothing but goddamned hokum." Says Douglass R. Shortridge, president of the Indianapolis Bar Association: "If this is the prosecutor's answer to criticism, then it is a sad day for our community...
Lawful Secret. Significantly, neither Keen nor the policeman who allegedly accepted the bribe has been indicted. Prosecutor Pearcy maintains that the grand jury has given full consideration to the Star's revelations, but cannot find enough evidence to frame indictments for the offenses reported. He has little to say about the charges against the reporters: "Grand jury testimony is secret by law, and I can't tell you more about the evidence. The case will be set for trial and tried like any other case...
...recommendations for reform, such as establishing incompetence as a ground for dismissal. The FBI is looking into the Star's allegations, and the grand jury, which has already heard testimony from 161 witnesses on the matter, is still in session. But grand juries rarely get out of the prosecutor's control...